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Challenges, Volume 10, Issue 2

December 2019 - 6 articles

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Articles (6)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
13,359 Views
11 Pages

6 December 2019

As global population growth continues, the rapidly increasing demand for food and the environmental impact of this demand is a growing concern. Most food in Hong Kong is imported, which has implications for the associated environmental footprint. The...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,785 Views
11 Pages

Bringing Fronts Back: A Research Agenda to Investigate the Health and Well-Being Impacts of Front Gardens

  • Lauriane Suyin Chalmin-Pui,
  • Alistair Griffiths,
  • Jenny J. Roe and
  • Ross W. F. Cameron

24 September 2019

This perspective article proposes an agenda to investigate the impacts of front gardens (yards) on health and well-being. As front gardens are increasingly being paved over, significant ecological benefits will be lost. In addition, urban green infra...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,995 Views
4 Pages

20 September 2019

Urban green spaces can facilitate positive social interactions in numerous ways. These interactions may lead to the development of social cohesion among city dwellers. This article provides a viewpoint on the potential role that the presence of green...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
97,678 Views
22 Pages

Challenges in Recruitment and Selection Process: An Empirical Study

  • Sophia Diana Rozario,
  • Sitalakshmi Venkatraman and
  • Adil Abbas

5 August 2019

Today’s knowledge economy very much depends on the value created by the human resource of an organisation. In such a highly competitive environment, organisations have started to pay much attention to the recruitment and selection process, as e...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
2 Citations
9,650 Views
18 Pages

Scientists investigate, describe, invent and create. Most advances in medicine, technology and understanding of the living world in the context of the cosmos, are attributable to systematic efforts by expert researchers. However, pervasive toxins, pe...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
37,038 Views
15 Pages

High-Rise Apartments and Urban Mental Health—Historical and Contemporary Views

  • Danica-Lea Larcombe,
  • Eddie van Etten,
  • Alan Logan,
  • Susan L. Prescott and
  • Pierre Horwitz

High-rise apartment buildings have long been associated with the poor mental health of their residents. The aims of this paper are to examine whether this connection is necessarily so, by reviewing the evidence relating to the relationships between h...

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